Wayland football falls short against L-S

Tuesday

Oct 8, 2013 at 12:01 AMOct 8, 2013 at 8:21 AM

For a half last Friday night, an undermanned Wayland team fought visiting Lincoln-Sudbury tooth and nail. But in the end, the black and orange Warriors fell in the Dual County League crossover game, 28-10.

Rick Smith/Sports Editor

For a half last Friday night, an undermanned Wayland team fought visiting Lincoln-Sudbury tooth and nail. But in the end, the black and orange Warriors fell in the Dual County League crossover game, 28-10.

“We had them on the ropes, we just couldn’t finish it,” said Wayland coach Scott Parseghian. “We had three starters out and we were playing with a lot of young kids. We gave them a good fight for a while, but we just couldn’t keep it up. We had a lot of guys playing both ways.”

L-S scored 21 points in the second half after Wayland went into the locker room at the half with a 10-7 lead.

“We had 12 yards the whole second half,” said Parseghian. “Our defense played great in the first half, they just wore us down.”

The home Warriors had taken a 3-0 lead on their first drive. Eric MacLean kicked a 28-yard field goal.

Quarterback Robert Jones scored from 18 yards. MacLean followed with the point after.

Wayland will travel to Joseph Moakley Field in South Boston for a 6:30 p.m. game on Friday.

“Boston Latin has been up and down,” said Parseghian. “They have some good athletes and they always seem to have a threat of two. Hopefully, we’ll come out of this game, 2-0 (in the DCL Small).”

After the encounter with the Wolfpack, Wayland will play at Bedford (Friday, Oct. 18) and host Concord-Carlisle (Friday, Oct. 25).

“If we beat Latin, the DCL title could come down to those two other games,” said Parseghian.

Two-way lineman Marvin Morgan missed the L-S game due to illness. Tight end Andrew Straube was also idle due to a shoulder separation. Parseghian hopes to have Morgan back for Friday’s contest.